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Ion Tănăsescu (chemist)

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Ion Tănăsescu
Born(1892 -02-23)February 23, 1892
DiedDecember 28, 1959(1959-12-28) (aged 67)
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Known forLehmstedt-Tanasescu reaction

Ion Tănăsescu (also Ioan)[1] (February 23, 1892 – December 28, 1959) was a Romanian chemist.[2][3]

He discovered the Lehmstedt-Tanasescu reaction, which was improved by Kurt Lehmstedt.[2][1] He studied at the University of Bucharest and the University of Cluj. He was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1955.

References

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  1. ^ a b Senning, Alexander (2006-10-30). Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology: The Whys and Whences of Chemical Nomenclature and Terminology. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-048881-3.
  2. ^ a b Senning, Alexander (2019-10-08), "12. Named reactions and named concepts", The Etymology of Chemical Names, De Gruyter, pp. 337–382, doi:10.1515/9783110612714-012, ISBN 978-3-11-061271-4, retrieved 2024-11-04
  3. ^ Li, Jie Jack (2011-09-13). Name Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry II. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-08508-0.